Main-bearing lubricator



Bec. 26, i922.

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MAIN BEARING LUBRICATOR.

FILED N0v.22,1921.

Patented Dee. 2&5, tgig.

(1TH son.' lntldthallffl VCTUR W. PAG, OFIWE? 'YRTL lil.

WEADT-BEARNG LUBRCATR.

Application led November 22, 192.1.. Serial No. 517,035.

To all wimmelt may concern.'

.Be it known that ll, Vieron l/V. Paoli, a citizen of the'UnitedStates,v and a resident of thecity Aof New York, Kew Gardens,vbor oughof 'Queens in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventedva new and Improved Main-Bearing Lubricator, ot' which the following isa Jfull, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in internalcombustion motors, and it pertains more particularly to a lubricatingmeans therefor. y

. lt is one oithe primary objects of the vinvention to provide a new andimproved lubricating means for the main bearing of an internalcombustionmotor.'

llt is a further object of the invention to" construct the lubricatingrneans in such a 'manner that as the main bearing' or crank shaft of themotor is removed and replaced,

' an automatic positioning of the lubrication duct is'had. ,t c llt is astill further object of the invention to provide a new andimproved'means for conveying the lubricant from the lubrieating systemto the main bearing.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to theaccompanying` drawings, in which the figure 'is a sectional view of aportionoi an intern al combustion motor 1 illustrating the presentinvention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5designates the base of the cylinder block, and't desiygrl nates the main'bearing'. This main bearing is held linplace by means of a cap 7,' andnuts 8 adaptedior engagement wit?.y bolts or the like 9. vThe bearing'is :of the anti-friction type, but it is to be here stated that thedevice set forth in this application -is not limited to'main bearings cithis type but iscapable bearing. v i ,l The reference character l()vdesignates a. hollow member projecting downwardly from the cam shafthousing, which latter is not oi' use with any form of main shown, andsaid hollow member is engaged as at 11,'with the upper portion oi the-cylin der block base 5. rlhe base 5' of the cylinder block isprovidedwith a passage 12 which extends downwardly thereufjt` and terminatesstantially as described.

in a flared or tapered-outlet 13. V'lhe reference character lll!designates a ring-'like member adapted to carry a packingy of' -telt or4other suitable material 15,

charged to the main bearing.

and said ring-like member ld is provided with a vertical passage i6 andan singularly disposed passagel', which latter is projected in thedirection ol the main A 6. The upper end of the vertical passage -16terminates in an enlarged recessed portion 19,'and mounted in saidrecessed portion 19 1s a nipple 20. This nipple is hollow as indicatedby the reference character 21, and mounted'in the hollow portion there`of vis a coil spring 22. Leading `rroni the enlarged portion 2l is anopening 23, and said opening 23 is positioned in aline'ment with thepassages l2 and 16.

From the foregoing construction it is apparent that when vthe mainbearing1 6 is removed permitting' a dropping ofthe crank shaft, thering-like member 14e is likewise moved away from the base 5 of thecylinder l2O, and from thence into the passages l5 and 17 'troni whichlatter the eil is dislt is apparent from the above .that the mainbearing4 is lubricated from the shaft housing7 and that the passageconveying the lubricant from the cam shalt housing1 to the main bearing;is so arranged that upon removal and replacement of the :main bearingand crank shaft, a .3 passage for the lubricant is automatically es,

tablished.

l claim: -f

l. nieclianisnfil of the class described comprising in combination, abearing, a bearing7 support, said bearing support ing vprovided with alubricant packing ring, and ineens carried by t packing;- ring andadapted for removal) engagement with the bearing suppe ai meansestablishing communication betw the lubricant passage-'and the bearing,s

2. A mechanism ot the class describe l cornprisune= in combination, berng, L bearing support provided with bearing` passage, said'passagehavingan enlarged end portion, a ring` provided with passages,

and means carried by said ring and adapted to establish communicationbetween the passages therein and the lubricant passage of thebearingsupport, said means being received Within the enlarged end of thelubricant passage.

3. A. mechanism of the class described comprising in combination, a4bearing, a bearing support provided with 4a-lubricant passageterminating in an enlarged end,\a

ring, lubricant passages provided in said' ring and a spring-pressednipple carried by -the'ring and adapted for reception Within `todischarge lubricant in proximity to said 25` bearing, and a nipplecarried by said ring and adapted for engagement in the enlarged poltionof. the passage ofthe bea-ring sup-f port, as and for the purpose setforth.

. .VICTOR W. PAGE;

